
Birthday:
09-15-1910
Deathday:
08-23-1992 (81 years)
Birthplace:
Milford, Utah, USA
Biography
Charles August "Nick" Nichols (September 15, 1910 - August 1992) was an American animator and film director.
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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Director
event1953 star_border 6.7
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In this short subject (which mostly represents a departure from Disney's traditional approach to animation), a stuffy owl teacher lectures his feathered flock on the origins of Western musical instruments. Starting with cavepeople, whose crude implements could only "toot, whistle, plunk and boom," the owl explains how these beginnings led to the development of the four basic types of Western musical instruments: brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.
A Flintstone Christmas
Director
event1977 star_border 6.9
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Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Director
event1988 star_border 7.4
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Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.
Home Defense
Animation
event1943 star_border 6
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Donald is manning a listening post and falls asleep; he blows trumpet calls in his sleep and wakes his nephews. For their revenge, they send up a model airplane filled with gingerbread men with parachutes; Donald shoots it down, and cowers in fear when he sees the parachutes (and hears a simulated battle), until one lands on his beak. Donald kicks his nephews out until he mistakes a bee for an airplane, and calls them back to fight this menace.
Charlotte's Web
Director
event1973 star_border 6.8
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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Private Pluto
Animation
event1943 star_border 6.2
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Pluto is in the infantry guarding a pillbox from saboteurs.
Sky Trooper
Animation
event1942 star_border 6.3
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Donald is stuck on KP at an air training base. Sergeant Pete gives him a huge pile of potatoes to peel first, then gives him some tests: close your eyes and touch fingers, pin the tail on the airplane. He finally gets sent aloft, only to discover it's a parachute jump. Eventually, both Donald and Pete end up falling with no chutes and a bomb.
The Old Army Game
Animation
event1943 star_border 5.6
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The old shell game gets a new face as Donald stays off-base past "Taps" and has to try to sneak back in with out alerting Pete.
Grand Canyonscope
Director
event1954 star_border 6.4
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Come along with Donald Duck as he visits one of nature's masterpieces. After a little ragtime rain dance, Donald strikes up a conversation with himself at Echo Cliff, then teeters along the edge of a precarious trail while riding a sure-footed burrow. It's a tough job for park ranger J. Audubon Woodlore to keep Donald in check, but it gets even tougher when they run afoul of a napping mountain lion.
How to Have an Accident at Work
Director
event1959 star_border 7.4
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J.J. Fate again shows us how accidents aren't his fault, but instead are the result of carelessness. Donald is Mr. Careful at home, but at work, he starts right off by falling down the stairs. He has run-ins with a punch press, flammable paint, a conveyor belt, loose clothing, a monkey wrench, and other problems.
How to Have an Accident in the Home
Director
event1956 star_border 7
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It's a peaceful day in a local city when suddenly, duck J.J. Fate appears to lecture us on how "fate" isn't to blame for accidents, people are! He uses Donald Duck as an example. Donald is extremely accident prone. He lights his pipe in a room with a gas leak, slips on a throw rug while carrying a fish bowl, overloads electrical outlets, and continually falls down the stairs. Finally, Donald has had enough and fixes his house guaranteeing no more accidents. That's good for Donald but the rest of the accident prone city still has to learn "not to blame fate for your carelessness".
Mickey and the Seal
Director
event1948 star_border 6.8
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Mickey accidentally takes a seal home, after it sneaks into his picnic basket. When Mickey takes a bath, the seal is discovered and Mickey returns him to the park. Later, however, Mickey and Pluto discover that the bathroom is filled with seals!
Mickey Down Under
Director
event1948 star_border 5.9
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Mickey, in the Australian bush, throws a boomerang that gets caught in Pluto’s mouth. Mickey then discovers an egg of an emu. Unfortunately, the parent chases him, but Pluto and the boomerang zoom into his path, leaving the emu all tangled.
Mickey's Delayed Date
Director
event1947 star_border 6.5
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Even though Mickey's evening started slow and lazy, things get moving in a hurry when Minnie calls from outside the big dance, wondering why he's late. Luckily his best pal Pluto is happy to help wrangle the uncooperative evening wear and help get him out the door...without the tickets
Plutopia
Director
event1951 star_border 5.6
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Mickey's on vacation at Camp Utopia. At first Pluto thinks it really is utopia: trees everywhere and a cat to chase. But the cabin rules are strict: no dogs indoors, and dogs must be muzzled and leashed. Mickey puts Pluto out to sleep, just out of reach of his food, and the cat comes down and taunts him. Pluto falls asleep and dreams of his "Plutopia" with a subservient cat begging Pluto to bite him and catering to his every need.
Pluto's Party
Animation
event1952 star_border 6.4
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It's Pluto's birthday party, but Mickey's dozen or so nephews seem to be having all the fun. Their present is a wagon so Pluto can pull them; the "Pin the Tail on Pluto" game doesn't go quite right, and everything seems to prevent Pluto from having his birthday cake. But Mickey has planned ahead.
R'Coon Dawg
Director
event1951 star_border 5.8
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Mickey's hunting raccoons, with help from Pluto. But the raccoon outsmarts Pluto at every turn, with help from a vine, a stream, and ultimately grabbing Mickey's coonskin cap and puppeteering it as a baby coon.
The Simple Things
Director
event1953 star_border 6.3
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Mickey and Pluto go fishing. Pluto has a run-in with a clam, who eventually lodges in Pluto's mouth; Mickey thinks the clam is Pluto's tongue and can't understand why Pluto keeps begging for more food. After they get rid of the clam, Mickey's attempts to use his minnows as bait are thwarted by a hungry seagull; he brings his friends, and they chase our heroes away.
Canine Casanova
Director
event1945 star_border 6.3
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Pluto spots Dinah the dachshund and is smitten, but she ignores him. He uses a giant bone to steal a kiss, and hides behind a mirror, but still no luck. Then Dinah is nabbed by the dogcatcher, and Pluto goes in to free her. Their thrilling escape finally gets Pluto another kiss.
Canine Patrol
Director
event1945 star_border 6.6
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Pluto is patrolling a beach for the Coast Guard when a baby turtle hatches. The turtle keeps trying to sneak into the restricted zone to swim, and Pluto keeps trying to stop him. But when Pluto stumbles into some quicksand, he suddenly needs help from his foe.
Dog Watch
Director
event1945 star_border 6.1
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As a ship's crew is on shore leave, seadog Pluto is left to stand watch. He sees a threatening shape, but it turns out to be a cache of bones. He grabs one and settles in contentedly. A rat sneaks on, and Pluto springs into action. The rat toys with him, until it finds the officer's mess. He bribes Pluto, until he hears an officer approaching. The rat hides, and Pluto gets thrown in the brig, while the rat sneaks off with his sandwich. But Pluto gets even.
In Dutch
Director
event1946 star_border 6.7
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In Holland, Pluto acts as a milkman (dog?) leaving canisters of milk on the town's doorsteps. While going about his job, he falls head over heels in love with Dinah the dachshund. In his enthusiasm, he accidentally rings the dike bell causing the town to think the dike is leaking. When the fraud is exposed, Pluto and Dinah are kicked out of the town. Upon leaving, they both notice the dike actually has sprung a leak. While Dinah plugs the leak, Pluto must return to the town and find a way to get the residents to follow him to the dike leak.
Pluto's Housewarming
Director
event1947 star_border 6.9
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Pluto has just finished moving his bones into a spiffy new doghouse when a turtle comes along and starts moving them out. While Pluto is dealing with the turtle, Butch takes up residence. Butch chases Pluto back to his grungy old doghouse, and now it's his turn to deal with the tenacious little turtle. The turtle wins, and he and Pluto become friends.
Pluto's Kid Brother
Director
event1946 star_border 6.5
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Pluto's kid brother, K.B., keeps getting into trouble. When Butch the bulldog passes by, K.B. latches onto him. Butch gets K.B. to crawl into a meat market through a small slot. Pluto comes along, they tussle and set off the burglar alarm, which brings the dogcatcher, who grabs Butch.
Springtime for Pluto
Director
event1944 star_border 6
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Seduced by a satyr, Pluto celebrates spring. He goes around enjoying the scents, then imitating various animals. But when he imitates the butterfly (that transformed from a caterpillar before our eyes), he gets in trouble. The butterfly had done a little dance with a water droplet; Pluto picks a beehive as his "ball". The bees, of course, attack, and Pluto escapes by diving into some bushes of poison ivy. Then the "gentle" rains of spring come, along with the hail ("hail, hail the rains"), making a mess of Pluto's house. When the rains end and the satyr returns, Pluto gives him the greeting he deserves.
The Legend of Coyote Rock
Director
event1945 star_border 6.5
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Pluto is guarding a flock of sheep in the West; a coyote is sneaking up on that flock. The coyote fakes a bad leg; Pluto chases it away, only to have it run back ahead of him and go after the sheep. Pluto gets back and finds the coyote chasing the lone black sheep of the flock, after trapping the rest. The chase ends with the coyote buried under a toppling spire of rock, which forms a coyote of rock on the top.
The Purloined Pup
Director
event1946 star_border 6.8
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Police dog Pluto is tracking down Butch, the dog that abducted rich dog "Ronnie" for a 10,000 bone ransom. Pluto releases Ronnie, but is hunted by Butch.
Donald Duck and the Gorilla
Animation
event1944 star_border 7.1
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Ajax the killer gorilla has escaped from the zoo. Donald's nephews dress up as a gorilla, but soon Donald encounters the real gorilla, and they chase each other until the radio broadcasts instructions for subduing Ajax.
Melody
Director
event1953 star_border 5.8
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An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as captured by songs: the alphabet song for primary school, Here Comes the Bride, The Old Gray Mare, etc. Some inspirations for song are outlined in song: love, sailing, trains, the West, motherhood, etc., but "we never sing about brains." Finally, an example of how a simple melody can be expanded into a symphony: an elaborate version of the simple tune that opened the lesson
Puss Cafe
Director
event1950 star_border 6.8
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Milton the cat is walking down the street and notices a yard full of delicious milk, birds, and fish not realizing it is guarded by Pluto. He shows his inferior minded pal Richard the set up and both help themselves to the goodies but are chased out by Pluto. From that point on, they try to get into the yard without waking Pluto using such tactics as sling-shooting Pluto out of the yard with his hammock and underwater diving for fish with a makeshift diving helmet.
Scruffy
Director
event1980 star_border 6.2
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A puppy encounters a series of tragedies and losses brought on by the evils of uncaring humans as she tries to find a family and a place to call home.
Morris the Midget Moose
Director
event1950 star_border 5.7
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A bootle beetle elder tells the story of Morris, the moose about the size of a rabbit. Thunderclap the moose is taking on all challengers, and Morris decides to try, much to the amusement of Thunderclap. As a result, he meets Balsam, a full-size moose with tiny antlers (Morris' antlers are full size). The two team up, and with the help of a log that makes them very tall, defeat Thunderclap.
Bubble Bee
Director
event1949 star_border 6.7
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Pluto is playing with a ball in the park when he mistakes a bubble gum machine for it. He tries briefly to get a gumball from the machine when a bee flies into the machine and carries a gumball off to his hive. Pluto goes after the hive and knocks it down; it's full of gumballs, which he eagerly scoops up and begins chewing. The bee returns and is understandably upset; he tracks down Pluto, but Pluto manages to defend himself with gum bubbles for quite a while. The bee manages to wrap the gum from one bubble around Pluto's legs, hobbling him. Finally, the bee flies into Pluto's mouth; Pluto blows a giant bubble around the bee, and when it explodes, they both fly into the air and land in a flower patch; the bee finally manages to sting Pluto (and, being a cartoon bee, lives through it).
Food for Feudin'
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event1950 star_border 6.6
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Chip and Dale are busy collecting nuts and hiding them in a tree, when Pluto comes along and tries to hide his bone in the same tree. When all of the nuts end up in Pluto's dog house, Chip and Dale must come up with a way to get the nuts back.
The Saga of Windwagon Smith
Director
event1961 star_border 7.4
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Sea Captain Windwagon Smith hits Westport, Kansas, the starting point of the old Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and is quickly the laughing stock of the town; instead of traveling in the usual oxen-drawn covered wagon, he is at the helm and wheel of a Contestoga-type wagon with a full set of sails. He plans to go to Oregon by taking advantage of the prairie winds. First, he wins over the town mayor, falls in love with the mayor's beautiful daughter, Molly Crum, and then secures financial backing from the townspeople. He sets sail across the plains, with Molly Crum as a covered-wagon stowaway, and a Kansas twister looming on the horizon. And, then, the wind hits the sails. And the fan, too, if he had had one.
1967 Busch Advertisement
Animation Director
event1967
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Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble quit their jobs at the gravel pit, drink Busch Beer for inspiration, watch a preview for Busch's advertising in 1967, and take up new positions as bartenders.
Bath Day
Director
event1946 star_border 6.5
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Minnie gives Figaro a bath and ties a ribbon around his neck. Figaro feels like a sissy, and when he mixes it up with some alley cats, they mock him, and the leader attacks. But Figaro is so afraid that his shaking topples a series of trash cans onto the aggressor. The rest of the cats didn't see this happen, and think Figaro defeated their leader. Of course, now he's all dirty, and he needs another bath.
Pueblo Pluto
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event1949 star_border 6.6
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Mickey goes into a souvenir shop out west and leaves Pluto with a buffalo bone to chew on. A small dog comes to take it away and runs into a ring of cactus with it; Pluto is too big to enter the same way, so he comes in from above and finds himself stuck inside until the small dog helps.
Rescue Dog
Director
event1947 star_border 6.6
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The snow covered mountains; but not to worry, rescue dog Pluto is on duty. Actually, given that he barely keeps himself safe, maybe you should worry. A playful seal keeps stealing his cask of grog.
Bone Bandit
Director
event1948 star_border 6
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Pluto discovers that a gopher has been stealing bones from his hidden stash.
Camp Dog
Director
event1950 star_border 6.6
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Two coyotes (father and son) smell food. They arrive in a campsite just in time to see the owner (presumably Mickey) heading downriver in a boat. The food is secured up in a tree, and Pluto, though sleeping, is standing guard. The father sets to work on getting the food down, but junior keeps dragging Pluto out for his dinner. Dad knows that Pluto is nothing but trouble, and keeps putting him back in the tent. They eventually get the food down, between run-ins with Pluto, and are preparing to feast when Pluto runs them off and the owner returns. Pluto realizes that, without the coyotes, he's going to get blamed, and goes off to join his former foes
Cat Nap Pluto
Director
event1948 star_border 6.9
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Morning, and Figaro the kitten wants to play. Pluto, on the other hand, has been out all night and wants to sleep. Finally, the sandman who has been putting Pluto to sleep calls in Figaro's sandman.
Pluto's Fledgling
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event1948 star_border 6.7
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A little bird tries to fly too soon and lands in Pluto's water dish. Pluto saves it and returns it to the nest but soon the bird tries again. This time, Pluto decides to give flying lessons, first pulling the bird like a kite, then launching him with an improvised slingshot.
Wonder Dog
Director
event1950 star_border 7.1
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Pluto is infatuated by a pretty lady dog, but she sighs for Prince, a circus wonder dog she sees on a poster.
Pluto's Blue Note
Director
event1947 star_border 7.2
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Pluto wants to sing along with the birds, bee and cricket, but he is tone deaf.
Sheep Dog
Director
event1949 star_border 6.7
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A coyote and his rather dim son stalk the sheep that Pluto is guarding.
Pluto's Surprise Package
Director
event1949 star_border 6.2
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Pluto tries to bring in the mail, which gets more difficult when a package sprouts legs and tries to go swimming. Between the wandering turtle and the wind blowing the other mail around, Pluto's got quite a task ahead. And it's not made easier when both the letters and the turtle go off a large cliff.
Primitive Pluto
Director
event1950 star_border 6.7
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Pluto's primitive wolf nature emerges and berates him for going soft. But their little hunting trip goes bad when Pluto encounters a rabbit and bear that give him some trouble.
Pluto's Purchase
Director
event1948 star_border 6.8
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Mickey Mouse sends Pluto to buy sausage at the butcher shop, but Butch schemes to steal it.
Cold Turkey
Director
event1951 star_border 6.2
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Pluto and the cat, goaded by a TV commercial for turkey, raid the fridge and find a turkey inside. The cat gets there first and re-heats the turkey, first on the furnace duct, and then, trying to hide from Pluto, inside the tube-type TV - but he over-does it a bit.
Pluto's Heart Throb
Director
event1950 star_border 6.7
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Pluto falls for Dinah the dachshund; so does Butch. She strings both along, until Pluto very sweetly gives her a bone. But Butch won't let her go, and keeps horning in, much to her annoyance.
Figaro and Frankie
Director
event1947 star_border 6.8
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Figaro is hungry for a small, yellow canary named Frankie but must pass a barrier; Minnie Mouse.
Pluto's Sweater
Director
event1949 star_border 6.7
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Minnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto. When she puts it on him, Pluto does whatever he can to try to get it off, eventually shrinking it to the perfect size for Figaro.
Pluto and the Gopher
Director
event1950 star_border 6.6
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Pluto digs up Minnie's garden and destroys her house in order to catch a pesky gopher-in spite of Minnie's scoldings.
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers
Animation Director
event2000 star_border 9.4
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Join the spook-busting, case-cracking, snack-munching fun as Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang gear up for four of their most frightening adventures ever! Traveling the globe on their ongoing quest to trip up crooks (and chow down on munchies), Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma tangle with a supernatural assortment of eerie adversaries. Facing multiple monsters, ghouls galore and gobs of ghosts, our top-dog detective and those "meddling kids" will stop at nothing to get their ghoul as they confront SCOOBY-DOO'S CREEPIEST CAPERS!
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Director
event1988 star_border 6.3
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Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays alive for 48 hours. If not, evil butler Snerdly and his mad Russian Wolfhound are next in line - and he's quick to pull every trick in the book to do poor Benny in and the troop sets off to rescue Benny and find the lost heir Amy.
Rose Petal Place
Director
event1984 star_border 5.5
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Rose-Petal Place is an abandoned Victorian mansion surrounded by a garden. Little Rose-Petal was created one day when her mistress, in a moment of distress, cried upon her garden and her tears crystallized, bringing her to life.
Mickey Mouse Disco
Director
event1980 star_border 5.5
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A clip-show music video for the album of the same name and vintage. Includes 5 songs from the album ("Mousetrap", "Disco Mickey Mouse", "Watch Out For Goofy", "Macho Duck", "Welcome To Rio").
First Aiders
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event1944 star_border 5.9
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Minnie's learning first aid; she asks Pluto and Figaro for help. Pluto keeps throwing Figaro into buckets and otherwise getting him into trouble. Then, when Minnie has Pluto all trussed up in splints, Figaro taunts him.
4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art'
Director
event1958 star_border 9.3
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Four Disney artists paint their own interpretations of a tree, and explain their techniques and methods.
Home Made Home
Animation
event1951 star_border 6.8
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Goofy's building a house, and struggling with the blueprints, the window glass, the paint, and finally the house-warming guests.
Lend a Paw
Animation
event1941 star_border 6.7
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Jealous over Mickey's attention to a kitten, Pluto's devil-self argues with his angel-self over whether or not to rescue the kitten when it falls into a well. The angel-self wins, and Pluto is treated like a hero. In the end, he and the kitten become friends.
Mail Dog
Director
event1947 star_border 6.2
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When a pilot has to turn back due to a severe storm, he drops the mail at a remote outpost where it can be delivered by dogsled. The falling mail pouch lands on Pluto, and he sets out to deliver it. He is continually delayed by a rabbit along the way, but in the end, the rabbit helps Pluto deliver the mail pouch.
Canine Caddy
Animation
event1941 star_border 6.5
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Mickey's going golfing, and Pluto is his caddy. Besides the usual caddy duties, Pluto runs to the ball and points to it. But when the ball lands in a gopher hole, Pluto's got another task: chase the gopher. They eventually chase each other through a number of holes in a knoll where Mickey is trying to putt out, causing the knoll to collapse.
Pinocchio
Animation
event1940 star_border 7.1
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A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.
Der Fuehrer's Face
Animation
event1943 star_border 6.9
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A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
Director
event1982 star_border 6
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When strange accidents happen at the factory where Mr. Monroe works, and vegetables are drained of their juices, the neighbors as well as Harold the dog and Chester the cat suspect that the new-found family bunny is really a vampire.
A Chipmunk Reunion
Director
event1985 star_border 6.7
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The Chipmunks are discussing when they were born and began to argue. They wanted to go and find their mother but Dave doesn't let them. The Chipettes are invited round while the Chipmunks go and look for their mother but Dave finds out and gets worried...
The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry Hound
Co-Director
event1988 star_border 6.6
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It's the gold rush era in the Wild West. A mysterious stranger (Huckleberry Hound) arrives in a small desert town carrying a huge golden nugget. The notorious Dalton brothers steal it. The town asks "the stranger" to go after them.
Motor Mania
Animation
event1950 star_border 6.8
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Mild-mannered average guy Mr. Walker (Goofy) turns into violent Mr. Wheeler when he starts driving. Back on his feet, Mr. Walker finds it nearly impossible to cross the street.
Pests of the West
Director
event1950 star_border 7
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Father and son coyotes try to sneak into a henhouse that Pluto is guarding.
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts (Volume 1)
Director
event2023 star_border 4.5
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Collection that gathers together ten classic animated shorts for the first time, including the iconic “Steamboat Willie,” and features all-new introductions from Mickey and Minnie for each short. "Steamboat Willie" (1928), "On Ice" (1935), "Thru the Mirror" (1936), "Hawaiian Holiday" (1937), "Brave Little Tailor" (1938), "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip" (1940), "The Little Whirlwind" (1941), "Bath Day" (1946), "Figaro and Frankie" (1947), and "Mickey's Delayed Date" (1947).
This Is Your Life Donald Duck
Director
event1960 star_border 6.3
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Jiminy Cricket is all set to give a testimonial to Donald Duck. But alas, Donald is relaxing at home, with no plans to leave any time soon. Literally dragged to the Disney Studio by his nephews, an outraged Donald relaxes a bit when he realizes that he's the guest of honor. Donald's life is recounted by such colleagues as Daisy Duck (who explains why she and Donald never married), Chip 'n' Dale, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and even a few guest stars who never made a picture with the duck, including the Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Lady and the Tramp.
Classic Cartoon Favorites Volume 8: Holiday Celebration with Mickey and Pals
Director
event2005 star_border 10
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'Tis the season for fun, fun, fun as Mickey and pals celebrate the holidays in these classic animated stories! Mickey and Pluto reap the rewards of "Mickey's Good Deed" and discover the gift of friendship is the best gift of all. In "Toy Tinkers," Donald and those rascally chipmunks Chip 'n' Dale battle over a huge spread of holiday treats using all the toys around the Christmas tree. Seven hilarious and heartwarming stories are included in this classic collection -- there's something for everyone!
Walt Disney's Where Do the Stories Come From?
Director
event1956
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Walt answers the often-asked question of just where the stories for his studio's cartoons come from, which is from practically anywhere.
Chip 'n' Dale: Here Comes Trouble
Director
event2004 star_border 6.9
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The most mischievous characters to ever come out of Disney studios, Chip 'N' Dale are cute, cuddly and always in the centre of trouble. Here is a special collection of their Adventures that will have you and your family laughing again and again. It's double trouble in 'Chip 'N' Dale Go Nuts' when Donald tries to chop down their house for firewood, along with their supply of nuts. Then Chip 'N' Dale make themselves at home in Donald's train set in 'Out Of Scale'. It's romantic mayhem when Chip 'N' Dale like the same girl in 'Two Chips And A Miss'. In 'Food For Feudin", Pluto wants to hide his bones in the same tree where Chip 'N' Dale store their acorns.
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Director
event1994
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Three stories from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh": "The Masked Offender", "Rabbit Marks the Spot", and "The Good, the Bad and the Tigger".
Bad Cat
Director
event1984
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Bad Cat (voiced by Bart Braverman) is a lively cat who sets out to prove that a feline does not need to be tough to have class.
Lost in Space
Director
event1973
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An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Commander Craig Robinson and crewed by Robon the robot. The passengers are Linc Robinson, Craig's brother, Geologist Deanna Carmichael and Professor of Biology, Dr. Zachary Smith, who is not a stowaway this time. During the flight they are caught in a meteor storm sending them through a space warp, causing them to be "lost in space". Nearing an inhabited planet they come under attack forcing them to make a crash landing where they find two alien races, but are they friendly?
Davy Crockett on the Mississippi
Director
event1976
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Biopic of the American Folk hero best known for his role as a frontiersman. Crockett was also a soldier, scout, and eventually even a Congressman. He was also one of the men who was killed at the Alamo.
Cyrano
Director
event1974 star_border 9
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Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.
Rambo: The Rescue
Director
event1986 star_border 7.5
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On Colonel Trautman's request, John Rambo leads special unit The Force of Freedom against paramilitary terrorist organization S.A.V.A.G.E. (Specialist-Administrators of Vengeance, Anarchy and Global Extortion) all over the globe.
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends
Director
event1985
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Nastina is up to her old tricks and tries to ruin Violet's stage debut.
Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas
Director
event1984 star_border 5.8
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The Cabbage Patch Kids have their first Christmas adventure!
The Trouble with Miss Switch
Director
event1980 star_border 6.3
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When Rupert and his friend Amelia find the new substitute teacher doing odd things, they discover that she is actually a witch with a magical talking cat who sought them out in order to stop an evil coven of witches from destroying her.
Miss Switch to the Rescue
Director
event1982 star_border 6.7
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One dark and stormy night, Rupert is called on by a mysterious stranger who gives him a ship in a bottle...with a tiny living man onboard! He frees the man, who turns out to be the evil warlock, Mordo, who kidnaps Amelia and takes her back in time to 1640. Rupert calls on Miss Switch for help in this new adventure.
Scooby-Doo's A Nutcracker Scoob
Director
event1984 star_border 9.2
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The evil is set to damper another Christmas season for the children's home. Can the Scooby gang warm his heart?
Bone Trouble
Animation
event1940 star_border 6.7
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Pluto is on the run after stealing a bone from Butch the bulldog and finds refuge in a carnival Hall of Mirrors.
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
Director
event2003 star_border 8.7
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Join all your pals from the Hundred Acre Wood as they laugh, play and learn important lessons in four enchanting adventures. What do you give a Tiger who has nothing and wants everything? Turns out, it's the thought that counts in All's Well That Ends Well. Then, Christopher Robin learns about responsibility when Kanga puts him in charge of Roo in Babysitter Blues. Next, Rabbit's unbending schedule threatens to turn him into the ultimate Party Poohper, and Tigger's wild imagination puts a little too much bounce into Piglet's Pooberry!
Goof Troop Christmas
Animation Director
event1992 star_border 6.8
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Big-hearted Goofy tries to go all out to give Max a great Christmas but as usual catastrophe follows Goofy's intentions. Excellent Christmas message of Family, Friends and Love conveyed.
The Coyote's Lament
Director
event1961
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Walt Disney introduces this episode to present the coyote's side of his issues with man and dog.
Two Happy Amigos
Director
event1960
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This feature is a sequel of sorts to The Three Caballeros, as Donald Duck and José Carioca get back together. Donald learns he's about to be visited by Walt Disney, Donald prepares himself, but has problems with a bee stealing his honey.
An Adventure in Art
Director
event1958
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This is Walt Disney's tribute to the artists in his employ. Inspired by Robert Henri's The Art Spirit, four of Disney's artists created their interpretations of the same tree, an old oak that once stood on Barham Boulevard in Burbank.
Weekend Special
Director (5 ep.)
event1977 star_border 7.6
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The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Special differed in that it was primarily aimed at younger viewers following ABC's Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, whereas the ABC Afterschool Special was known for its somewhat more serious, and often dramatic storylines dealing with issues concerning a slightly older teen and pre-teen audience. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Special, some of the early ABC Afterschool Specials that had been targeted towards younger viewers were subsequently repackaged and re-run instead as ABC Weekend Specials.
Super Friends
Director (16 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7.6
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The most powerful heroes ever--Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman and Robin--join forces with teenagers Wendy and Marvin and their dog, Marvel the Wonderdog, to defend justice and guard the innocent.
ABC Afterschool Special
Director (1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.4
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Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
Rambo
Director (65 ep.)
event1986 star_border 6.6
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Rambo: The Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. This series was adapted for television by story editor/head writer Michael Chain and the series even spawned a toy line.
Sky Commanders
Director (13 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.6
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Deep in the South Pacific, a tumultuous and untamed new continent has erupted, spawned by a highly unstable new element, known as Phaeta-7. If this powerful new element could be controlled, whoever possessed it would be the undisputed ruler of the world! One man, General Lucas Plague, is determined to hold that title. And it's up to a rugged team of mountaineering experts, led by Commander Mike Summit, to stop him.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Director (16 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.8
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Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and the talking dog, Scooby-Doo, travel on the Mystery Machine van, in search of weird mysteries to solve.
Mighty Man and Yukk
Director (15 ep.)
event1979 star_border 5
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Yukk is the ugliest dog that ever was, but he happens to belong to millionaire Brandon Brewster. Brandon uses his mighty machine to shrink in size but become super powered while his sidekick Yukk helps him through adventure after adventure.
CB Bears
Director (13 ep.)
event1977 star_border 5.3
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CB Bears was an American 60-minute animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1977. It contained the following short segments: CB Bears, Blast-Off Buzzard, Heyyy, It's the King, Posse Impossible, Shake, Rattle & Roll, and Undercover Elephant.
In syndication, CB Bears is shown in a shortened half-hour format with Blast-Off Buzzard and Posse Impossible. Heyyy, It's the King was also shown in a shortened half-hour format with Shake, Rattle & Roll, and Undercover Elephant. The show has also been rebroadcast on Cartoon Network from 1995-1997. The CB Bears theme is also heard in the ending credits of The Skatebirds and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
The Robonic Stooges
Director (32 ep.)
event1977 star_border 4.3
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The Robonic Stooges was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series featuring the characters of The Three Stooges in new roles as clumsy crime-fighting bionic superheroes. It was developed by Norman Maurer and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 10, 1977, to March 18, 1978, on CBS and contained two segments, The Robonic Stooges and Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives.
The Robonic Stooges originally aired as a segment on The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977, to December 24, 1977, on CBS. When CBS canceled The Skatebirds in early 1978, the trio was given their own half-hour timeslot which ran for 16 episodes.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Director (13 ep.)
event1977
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll is one of the six short segments part of the CB Bears animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1977. Shake, Rattle and Roll are three ghosts who run a hotel for ghosts and other supernatural creatures. Their workplace hijinks are sometimes disrupted by self-proclaimed "ghost exterminator" Sidney Merciless who wants to rid the world of ghosts.
Wonder Wheels
Director (16 ep.)
event1977
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Wonder Wheels was a five-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which was originally broadcast as a segment on the CBS Saturday morning package program The Skatebirds.
Clue Club
Director (16 ep.)
event1976 star_border 4
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Clue Club is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from August 14, 1976 to September 3, 1977 on CBS.
Clue Club only had one season’s worth of first-run episodes produced, which were shown on Saturday mornings on CBS.
In the fall of 1977, cut-down versions of the half-hour episodes of Clue Club appeared under the new title Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives to showcase the show's basset and bloodhound which aired as a segment on the CBS Saturday morning package program The Skatebirds from September 10, 1977 to January 28, 1978.
When The Skatebirds was cancelled in early 1978, Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives re-appeared as a segment alongside The Robonic Stooges on their half-hour show, also on CBS. The full-length versions of Clue Club returned to CBS on Sunday mornings from September 1978 to September 1979, concluding the show’s original network run.
After a mid-1980s revival on USA Cartoon Express, it has since resurfaced on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.
Rickety Rocket
Director (16 ep.)
event1979 star_border 5
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Rickety Rocket is an animated television series, produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and ran from 1979 to 1980 as a segment on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.
Speed Buggy
Director (16 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7.6
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Set in an assortment of locations around the world, the series follows three teenagers (Mark, Debbie, and Tinker) and a talking dune buggy as they partake in various adventures.
Heathcliff
Director (91 ep.)
event1980 star_border 6.4
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Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series based on the Heathcliff comic strip and was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. It ran until September 18, 1982 with a total of 25 episodes, under two different names.
The Space Kidettes
Animation Director (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 4.2
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The Space Kidettes is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, originally airing on NBC during the 1966-67 season. Set in outer space, the series followed the adventures of a group of child astronauts, who have acquired a treasure map and have to keep it away from their nemesis, a man named Skyhook and his sidekick Static.
Originally airing for one season on NBC as a half-hour program and sponsored by General Mills, The Space Kidettes episodes were later edited down to ten-minute episodes and paired with other General Mills-sponsored shows such as Tennessee Tuxedo and Go Go Gophers to form a full half-hour for syndication; edited reruns of cartoons from another NBC Hanna-Barbera program, Samson & Goliath to form the syndication package The Space Kidettes and Young Samson. The original master elements for both programs were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions.
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
Animation Director (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 6.8
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Boy genius Buzz Conroy’s powerful robot, Frankenstein Jr. cranks into action along with a group of crime fighting superheroes disguised as a beatnik rock group, The Impossibles, making hot-rockin’ musical justice!
Shazzan
Animation Director (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7.2
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Shazzan is an American animated television series, created by Alex Toth and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1967 for CBS. The series follows the adventures of two teenage siblings, Chuck and Nancy, traveling around a mystical Arabian world, mounted on Kaboobie the flying camel. During their journey they face several dangers, but they are always helped by Shazzan, a genie with magical powers out of this world.
Shazzan is not to be confused with Shazam!, the 1970s comic book/television revival of Golden Age super hero Captain Marvel, created by C. C. Beck and Bill Parker.
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
Director (26 ep.)
event1984 star_border 8.5
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Picking up where 'The New Scooby and Scappy Doo Show' left off. The main difference being that the team is now occasionally joined by Daphne Blake and friends to solve mysteries together.
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Animation Director (89 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.1
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Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine co-pilot Muttley plot to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon aboard their World War I flying machines.
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Director (8 ep.)
event1988 star_border 7.7
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An American animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
The Scooby-Doo Show
Director (2 ep.)
event1976 star_border 7.7
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Join Scooby-Doo and the gang in their various adventures in this compilation series including episodes from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Scooby's All Star Laff-a-Lympics, and Scooby's All-Stars!
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Director (4 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6.2
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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home chronicles the lives of the Boyles, your average 1970's American family. Harry Boyle, the father, owns a restaurant supply company. His wife Irma portrays the typical housewife, with an occasional independent flare. Harry and Irma have three children: Chet, Alice, and Jamie. Chet, who is 22, is a college dropout, who spends most of his time sleeping. Alice is a rather robust 16-year-old, who teams up with her mother, to display the independence of women, in the 70's. Jamie is the Capitalist of the family, even though he is only 9. The show is set in the suburbs of Los Angeles, on Elm Street, to be precise. During the 1973 season, the show was host to many celebrity voices, including: Don Knotts, Phyllis Diller, Bea Arthur and many more (many of these guests were carried over from The New Scooby-Doo Movies, which were recored at this time).
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